Kate Monk's Onomastikon

(Dictionary of Names)


Greek Names

Classicism was revived when Greece became independent and its influence is still strongly felt within the naming system with even names of gods and heroes occurring. A surname system has now been developed. Greek Cypriots and Corfiots use a similar stock.

Male

Given name and variants Diminutives
Aigeus Agias  
Aineias Aeneas Eneas  
Alexander Alexandros Alekos Aleksiu Alexios Sander Sandros
Anakletos Cletus Kletos
Anastasios Anstace
Angelos Angelo Anzioleto Anziolo
Aniketos Nikita
Apollo Apolo Polo
Argos Argus  
Aristides Aristeides Ari Aris
Aristotelis Aristoteles Aristotle Telis
Athanasios Thanasis Thanasi Thanos
Basileios Vasileios Vasilios Vasilis Vassili Basil Vasos
Benedictos Benedict Venedictos  
Christiano Christian Kristion Kris
Christos Kristos Kristo
Damaskenos Damaskinos  
Damianos Damian Damon  
Demetrios Demetrius Dhimitrios Dimitrios Dimitris Demetri Mitros
Dionysios Denys Dinos Dion
Eleutherios Eleftherios Eleaterios  
Erasmios Erasmus  
Eugenios Eugen
Eusebios Eusebius  
Eustachius Eustakhios  
George Georghios Georgios Iorgos Yorgos  
Gregorios Gregor Grigoris Grigorius  
Heraklees Herakles Hercules  
Hieremias Hieronymos  
Isidoros Isadorios Isidor Isidore  
Jason Iason  
Kyprios Kypros  
Kyrillos Kiril Kyros
Leiandros Leander Leandros  
Loukanos Lukianos Loukas Loucas Lucas Lucais Lukas  
Lysandros Lysander Sander Sandros
Makarios Makar Makis
Memnos  
Michalis  
Nektarios Nectarios  
Nikodemos Nicodemus  
Nikolaos Nicholas Nikolas Nikolos Nocolau Nico Nicos Niko Nikos Nilos
Orestes Orest
Panagiotis Panayiotis Panos Pan
Pericles Periklis  
Philippos Philip  
Prokopios Procopius  
Sebastianos Sebastian  
Spiridon Spyridon Spyros
Stephanos Stefanos Stephanas Staphanos Stamatis Stavros
Theodor Theodore Theodorus Feodor Theo
Zeno Zenon  

Acheron Achillios Adamantios Adonis Aetios Agapios
Agathias Aiakos Aiolos Aktaion Ambrosios Andreas
Anninos Antaios Apostolos Archimedes Aristokles Arkhippos
Arsenios Charalambos Christophoros Dareios Dighenis Doxiadis
Eleni Elpidios Epaminondas Euphemios Euripedes Evangelos
Glafkos Gondikas Hali Harilaos Hermes Hesperos
Hippocrates Hippolytos Homerus Kalinikos Kalogeros Kharilaos
Kimon Kosmas Kyriako Lambros Leontius Manolis
Marinos Methodius Metrophanes Milos Miltos Mimis
Myron Nestor Nikiforos Nikomedes Nikostartos Odysseus
Orion Parthenios Pelagios Philogathos Platon Podromos
Polymenis Rhigas Savas Skyros Socrates Sophoklis
Soterios Stelios Tanek Tasos Teles Telesphorus
Thaddaios Themistoklis Theodosius Theofanis Theophilus Thrasyvoulos
Timotheos Titos Traianos Tychon Tzannas Xenophon
Zenobios          

Female

Adonia Adona  
Agathe Agathi  
Alethea Alethia Alithea Thea
Alexandra Alexa Alexia Aleka Aleki Alex Lexa Lexi Alexine Ritsa
Alpha Alfa  
Althaia Altheda Altheta Thea Theda Theta
Ambrosia Ambrosina Ambrosine Brosina
Anastasia Anastasie Anasta Stacie Stasia
Andromede Andromeda Meda
Angele Angela Angeliki Angheliki Angeline Angliki
Antheia Anthea Antha Thea
Apolline Apollina  
Arete Areta  
Ariadne Ariadna Ariana Ariane Arianne Eria
Artemis Artemisia  
Aspasia Aspa Aspia
Aster Asta Astra Astrea  
Atalante Atalanta Atlanta  
Athene Athena  
Basila Basilea Basilia Vasiliki  
Berenike Berenice Bernice Berna
Calandra Calla Calli
Charis Charissa  
Chloris Chloras Chlorise Chlorisse Cloris  
Christiane Christine Christa Christi
Clytie Clyte Clytia  
Cosima Cosma  
Cressida Cresida Cressa
Cyma Syma  
Cynara Zinara  
Cypria Cipria Cipriana Cypra
Cytherea Cytheria  
Damalis Damala Damalas Damali Damalla  
Damaris Damara Damarra Mara Mari Maris
Daphne Daphna Daphney  
Darice Daria Darise Darrice Dari
Delphine Delfina Delfine Delfinia Delphina Delphinia  
Demetria Demetra Demitria Dimitra Dimitria  
Denise Denice  
Diantha Dianthe Dianthia  
Dionne Diona Dione Dionis Dionyssia  
Dora Dorinda  
Doris Dorea Doria Dorice Dorise Dorisse Dorris Dorrise  
Dorkas Dorca Dorcas Dorcea Dorcia  
Dorothe Dorthea  
Eirene Irene Rena
Ekaterine Ekaterini Aikaterine Katina
Eleftheria Elewteria Elewtheria  
Elektra Electra  
Ellice Ellise  
Eudora Euda
Eudosia Eudocia Eudokia Eudoxia  
Eugenia Evgenia  
Eulalia Eulalie Eula Lelia
Eunike Eunice  
Filia  
Hagne Agna Agne Agnes  
Helene Helena Lena Elaine Elena Ellena Eleni Elenitsa Elina Nitsa
Hesper Hespera Hesperia  
Ianthe Iantha  
Iona Ione Ionia  
Iphigeneia Iphigenia  
Iris Irisa  
Isaura Isaure Aura
Kali Kalli  
Kalyca Kalika  
Kalliope Kaliope Calliope  
Kallisto Calista  
Kassandra Casandra Cassandra Cassandre  
Khloe Chloe Cloe  
Kore Cora Kora Koren Korinna Corinna Corrinne Corrina Corrine Corinne Cori  
Kynthoa Cinthia Cynthia  
Lydia Lidia  
Magdelene Madeline Lena
Margarites Gryta
Melaina Melania Melanie  
Melodie Melody  
Neoma Neomah  
Nikola Nikoleta Nikki Niki
Nysa Nyssa  
Odele Odella  
Olympia Olympe Lympia Pia
Ophelia Ophelie Phelia
Ourania Urania  
Parthenie Parhena Parthenia  
Petra Petrina
Phaidra Phaedra  
Philana Philene Philina Phillina  
Philippa Philippe Phillipa Phillippe Pippa
Phyllis Philis Phillis Philisse Phylis Phylisse  
Rhode Rhoda  
Selene Celena Selona  
Sibyl Sibella Sibyll Sibylla Sybil Sybilla  
Sophia Sofia Sophie Sofi  
Stefana Stefania  
Tecla Tekla Thecla Thekla  
Thaleia Thalia  
Theodora Fedora Feodora Teodora  
Theone Theona Theonie  
Theophania Theophano  
Theresa Teresa Terese Tresa Resi
Xanthe Xantha  
Xenia Zena Zenia  
Xylia Xyla Xylina Xylona  

Acacia Acantha Aegea Aeola Agalia Alala
Aldora Aleni Anatolia Andrianna Anemone Angeline
Aphrodite Athena Athenagora Calantha Calida Cassia
Cleopatra Cyra Damia Daphne Deianira Delia
Dido Dimitra Echo Elma Elpida Emalia
Erianthe Euphemia Euphenia Euphrosyne Evadne Evanthe
Fotini Galatea Georgia Halcyone Helena Helia
Hera Hermione Io Isadora Jocasta Kalidas
Kaligenia Kalligenia Kallirrhoe Kalonice Kyriakoula Lalage
Leandra Leda Lycoris Lyris Marina Medora
Melantha Melina Melissa Mona Neola Neona
Nerissa Nike Niobe Olga Orthia Pandora
Pangiota Panthea Pelagia Penelope Persephone Philantha
Philomela Philomena Philothea Phoebe Phoenix Rhea
Saphhira Sofronia Stamata Stella Tassia Tassula
Tessa Thaddea Thais Thalassa Tharsia Theodosia
Theophilia Thetis Timothea Toula Xantippe Yana
Zenaida Zenobia Zephyra Zoe    


This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.

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